Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) has just filed to raise capital under a public offering of 26,000,000 shares of its common stock. At current market prices the offering would raise close to $793 million.…
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is not just down because the company’s earnings and guidance were unenthusiastic. The stock is not just down because it is cutting 400 management positions and it is…
Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NASDAQ: DECK) has stood out of late for more than just one reason. The longer-term issue that is hurting Deckers is the warm winter. With Uggs being so popular in cold weather, a…
Millennial Media, Inc. (NYSE: MM) has just become the king of IPOs in 2012. It was not even in our own Top 17 IPOs To Watch in 2012. After selling 10.2 million shares at…
In a “we versus them” speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas companies. His speech talked about the global opportunities that the big oil companies are…
If there is one sector you can count on to raise capital either after opportunistic share price gains or at the worst prices seen in years it is the emerging pharma sector. A small company…
Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report earnings after the closing bell on Thursday afternoon. The troubled smartphone maker has seen its estimates tempered consistently and the only real hope we have seen…
Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHTP) is being beaten hard this morning. News hit that the FDA has now rejected the company’s Northera drug to treat low blood pressure for now in a complete…
The Labor Department’s report on weekly jobless claims is out and the report showed a drop of 5,000 to 359,000 for the prior week. Bloomberg had estimates of 350,000 and Dow Jones was calling…
The revision for Gross Domestic Product is out and investors need to keep in mind that this is the third look at the fourth quarter GDP for 2011. Bloomberg had a consensus target of…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) Maintained Sell with $2.00 target at S&P. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Globus Medical, Inc. is the latest of the companies filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to come public via an initial public offering. No terms were projected yet but the company’s filing is…
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ: ATPG) has filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise capital. The oil and gas outfit’s filing will allow it to raise up to $500,000,000…
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is among the latest of companies joining in on the cloud storage initiative. The company’s recent initiative at pan.baidu.com is set to ultimately compete against Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Google Inc.…
CafePress Inc. (NASDAQ: PRSS) is set to debut on the stock market today after pricing its initial public offering. The on-demand printing e-commerce site sells items such as tee-shirts, coffee mugs, key chains, posters, and…
Newcastle Investment Corporation (NYSE: NCT) is getting clobbered on news of a secondary offering. The company now plans to sell some 16.5 million shares of common stock in a public secondary offering of its…
Millennial Media, Inc. (NYSE: MM) has priced its initial public offering for trading to begin on Thursday. Some 10.2 million shares of common stock were sold at a price of $13.00 per share for…
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has posted its third quarter earnings, and the results show some serious declines in operating income and in margins. Net earnings fell to $273 million from $542 million a…
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) has just announced a 21% gain in sales to $297 million for its fourth quarter and its non-GAAP earnings came to a gain of 12% to $0.29 in earnings…
Swisher Hygiene Inc. (NASDAQ: SWSH) is having a bad day and it has to have shareholders more than just a bit worried. The company has said that it will file a Notification of Late…